Turkish grandmother "honor kills" 2-day old granddaughter

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ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkish police Friday detained an unmarried mother and six other people near Istanbul for their suspected role in the so-called "honor killing" of a 2-day-old baby girl, state news agency Anatolian said.

The baby was suffocated by her grandmother after the family learned the 25-year-old mother became pregnant out of wedlock, Anatolian said.

"My family decided to kill my baby," the mother told the police, according to Anatolian. "My 55-year-old mother choked the baby with a cloth. Then, my brothers buried the baby in a hole in the garden and covered the hole with cement."

Police found the body after receiving an anonymous phone call.

Among those detained were also a doctor and the doctor's secretary, They allegedly had agreed not to register the baby's birth in return for an undisclosed amount of money.

The baby's father is doing his military service and was not involved in the incident.

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[trillium13 84]

That's just F'ed up.

[Nagishkaw 510]

Beyond fvcked up. This is so disgusting and sick....I don't even have words.

[Dr. Obvious 49]

I'm surprised they didn't kill the mother too.

[Pooky 3,788]

Beyond fvcked up. This is so disgusting and sick....I don't even have words.

Whose "honour" was being preserved here? Bunch of neanderthal f****** b******* !!!!!!!!!

The Turkish authorities should "honour kill" everyone complicit in the baby's murder. See how they feel about it.

[Fandango 1,439]

There's a special place in Hell for these people...

[Danno 1,228]

Of course has to wonder if they don't have -Partial birth Abortion over there.

If so, this public condemnation could have been avoided altogether...... though I do recognize a small fee would be involved.

[Pooky 3,788]

Of course has to wonder if they don't have -Partial birth Abortion over there.

If so, this public condemnation could have been avoided altogether...... though I do recognize a small fee would be involved.

Don't be daft. Do you think that the mother didn't want this baby?

Abortion is nothing to do with this vile crime.

[Obama 2012 1,714]

Well, at least the excuse wasn't to prevent the baby from having a carbon footprint

[Nagishkaw 510]

I'm surprised they didn't kill the mother too.

She probably was next.

[Danno 1,228]

Don't be daft. Do you think that the mother didn't want this baby?

Abortion is nothing to do with this vile crime.

You assume a lot to presume you know what the mother wanted, from what we know she admits "My family decided to kill my baBY" she may or may not have gone alone with it.

HAd a late term abortion been a part of this story everyone would feel much better, as it turned out they waited a few weeks too long and while the end result was the same the "perception" got darker.

We would agree it's a vile crime.... I'm just not sure if we agree for the same reasons.

[Nagishkaw 510]

The baby didn't ask to be conceived. Why should it be murdered in the first place? Murdering a child before it's birth or after is still murdering. Are there no such things as adoptions ?

Edited April 17, 2010 by Nagishkaw

[Pooky 3,788]

You assume a lot to presume you know what the mother wanted, from what we know she admits "My family decided to kill my baBY" she may or may not have gone alone with it.

HAd a late term abortion been a part of this story everyone would feel much better, as it turned out they waited a few weeks too long and while the end result was the same the "perception" got darker.

We would agree it's a vile crime.... I'm just not sure if we agree for the same reasons.

It's the murder of a 2 day old baby. If that, to you, isn't in itself a vile crime, then I really don't know what is.

[Danno 1,228]

It's the murder of a 2 day old baby. If that, to you, isn't in itself a vile crime, then I really don't know what is.

Sure, we agree on that point, what are your feelings for that same fully formed fetus a few months prior?

If fingernails and hair don't make it a baby..... I'm not sure what would.

[Andy and Kayla 45]

That's so terrible.